The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-01
"BOODLER" The THIRD.
JOHN O'EEILL, PUT ON THE WIT.
NESS STAND,
Testifles That He Never Took Part
In the "COmblne Meetings. Held
at McLaughlln's House.

NRW YORK, January 3l.-Tbe &c
Tense OF tx-AldeTman john U'Neill was
continued to-day before Judge Barrett
in the Court OF Oyer and Terminer.
There was small audience in a..
tendance, the officers having excluded
all but those having busi ness there
Joseph II. Steiner, a member OF the
TammaDy General Committee of
which Mclaughlin was chairman, tes-
tilted 10 meeting OF the COMMITTEES
being held at McLaugblin's house,
owing TO the illne 10 of Mclaughlin, ia
My aud June, 1884. Witness wa,
almost nightly visitor there. Never
cav any OF the Aldermen there.
The defendant, John 0'Neill, wa,
then put on the stand. He eaid he
was SO years OF sge; had lived in the
third Assembly District in this city
for forty years and bad carried on
retail shoe business twenty-eight
years there, but was elected School
Trustee In 1880, and his present { arm
would expire Ia 1890; wss Alderman
from 1882 till TIE lst of the present
month; served as chairman on the FL
nance Committee ard was a member
OF the Committee on Public Works;
was a member OF the Sinking Fund
Commit ee from 1888 to 1888. When
indicted, Mr.. 0'Neill taid re thought
he ought not to act on this committee
under the circumstances, bat Mayor
Grace, Comptrole or Lowe end Recorder
Smyth thought that it ought not to
make any difference. Witnts So did not
sgain meet with the commission, how.
ever. He first knew Fullgrah when
he became an Alderman, in 1884, and
knew Duffy in the Board the year be-
fore; they and Mclaughlin were Tam
many Hall men while he was county
Democrat; never knew any thing abont
the &c )mbine" meeting at Fdllgraff g
or McLaughlin's, bat had heard a ru-
NOR that there was combine. He new
er attended any meeting at FuDgraff 3
or MeLaughlin's, and was never at
McLsughlin's, on Thirty.fourth street,
for any purpose. He called with Full
graft on Nc Lsughlip, on Thirty.ninth
street, when Mclaughlin was very i'll.
Had been to Fullgraff q to order boxes
and afterward pay his bill. Then point
by point the testimony OF Fulgraff and
Duffy affecting 0'Nsili was taken up
and denied positively. Wit ness said
the frs. he heard OF the morning meet
ing OF August 30th, was wnen a mes
senger from the Board came into his
place Of business with the call for thst
meeting. IL was $3.50 or o'clock in
the evening Of August Goth, and wit
ness was standing at the cutting board
of his shop. The messenger was Mo-
loney. He said he had a call for a
meeting and asked me to Sign it. /
asked him what IL was for as | signed
1t, and he said II was for 0 O'Clock to.
morrow morniDg and hurried out.
There was nothing singular In his &C.
ton. He only seemed to be in hur.
ry. He did not know what was the
purpose of the meeting until he
reached the City Hall. Then IL was
ga d that the injunction had been re.
moved that lawyer namt d Chilten.
der was ever In the Supreme Court
trying TO get another injunction. The
boards first business was the roll cali.
Mkt q general order was acted upon
accordingto 0'Neill's recollection, afser
which the order dissolving the Lyddy
injunction was read. Then the
franchise bill was Rad and passed,
ONeill voting In the affirmative.
His reason was that the Broad
way Company would connect
with the Broadway and Seventh ave.
nue., the Blocker street and other
cross or branch rosds; also that il the |
franchise was granite to them the
public could go from the Battery 10 |
Genital Park, or to almost any other
part OF the c ty for a single fare. This |
was more advantageous than either OF |
the other petitioners offered.
On cross examination witness said |
he had made sufficient investigation TO
convince him that there WAS nothing
in the statement made 10 the board. |
by Mayor Edson that 81, 900, COO would
be paid to the city for the franchise,
O'Neill said that the members of the
alleged combine voted together on
bills affecting the Forty.second street,
he Chambers street, the Sec
ond avenue, the Blocker street
and other railways. O'Neill
lid not know or care where Maloney,
DeLacey, Dempsey, Sayles and the
Test were. He had no social acquaint-
snce with them. Keenan, WAS mem
Der of his club, the New Amsterdam,
)ut he saw him very seldom. He
lever had any transactions with Kee.
lau, Maloney or DeLacey.
IBID not keenan, pay you $4,000 on
No, nor 8 cents"
ibid not he ask you for your note
md you refused p
VI never gave my note to anyone.
lie never asked me-" replied 0'Neil.
He thought the proposed cable road
rauchise TOO sweeping"
O'Neill aud ex-Alderman Tourney
estifisd that Assistant District Attor-
ley Pardy bad pointed 0'Neill out to
he girl Katie Metz The deferss then
ested and Col. Fellows, OF the Nc.
} uade case, testified that the girl had
Identified MtQ iade in court.
Mr.. Purdy denied that he had
cached Katie Metz. He had, how
yer, pointed out court celebrities TO
Ter companion.
Intormer Waite was recalled to re-
oil Of his calling at McLsughlin's as a
nember OF the Aldermanic railroad
in April and June, 1854
,cLsughlin answered the bell once,
ut witness could tell who admitted
i'm at other times. He never saw
Hiss Fox or Mrs. Mclaughlin ut any
those visits, save once in the fall he
act lady he supposed was Mrs. Nc
,qughlin. This closed the evidence
nd the argument OF counsel was be-
on and continued till court ad-
burned.